2011 Particle Accelerator Conference - List of Keywords (tandem-accelerator)

Paper	Title	Other Keywords	Page
WEP207	Progress Towards A Novel Compact High Voltage Electrostatic Accelerator	high-voltage, vacuum, proton, injection	1876
	P. Beasley, O. Heid Siemens AG, Healthcare Technology and Concepts, Erlangen, Germany
	A proof-of-principle demonstrator system has been successfully built and tested. It is based on a Cockcroft-Walton (or Greinacher) cascade but has been developed using a different design philosophy and using modern materials. This can then enable this compact accelerator configuration to operate at much higher voltage gradients. This paper explores the progress made to-date and future plans to utilize the technology to develop one such concept for an energy efficient 10 MV, 100 microamp, tandem proton accelerator, with less than a 2 square meter footprint .

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WEP207

Progress Towards A Novel Compact High Voltage Electrostatic Accelerator

high-voltage, vacuum, proton, injection

1876

P. Beasley, O. Heid
Siemens AG, Healthcare Technology and Concepts, Erlangen, Germany

A proof-of-principle demonstrator system has been successfully built and tested. It is based on a Cockcroft-Walton (or Greinacher) cascade but has been developed using a different design philosophy and using modern materials. This can then enable this compact accelerator configuration to operate at much higher voltage gradients. This paper explores the progress made to-date and future plans to utilize the technology to develop one such concept for an energy efficient 10 MV, 100 microamp, tandem proton accelerator, with less than a 2 square meter footprint .